Council Member Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Theft

A city council member in central Kentucky has entered a plea of guilty to an amended charges after being accused in June of stealing funds from a local club.

Rose Cunningham appeared before Anderson District Judge LindaArmstrong and entered a guilty plea to a charge of theft by unlawful taking under $300, which is a misdemeanor. She paid a fine and court costs totaling almost $250. Cunningham was elected to the Lawrenceburg council in November, and has continued to serve sinceher arrest.

A one-year jail term was conditionally discharged as long as Cunningham commits no other criminal offenses during the next twoyears.

The 65-year-old Cunningham had been charged by state policewith stealing $2,283 from the Pierian Woman's Club, an organizationfor which she had served as treasurer.

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